i find the after effects of the passing of prop 8 mildly amusing. i have received numerous invitations to sign petitions to prevent married couples from divorcing if there are children in the marriage involved. it makes sense, in a way, if the institution of marriage is there to protect children then the people creating the children should be held accountable, let's disregard the welfare of the children since after all, studies show that children with two opposite sexed parents supposedly fare better than those of same sexed couples, let's ignore abusive parents, drunk fathers or mothers... after all, it only matters if they are both there, right? since potential loving same sexed parents are not equivalent to different sexed parents.